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IBA Group   by jekky

Focus Areas

Mainframe systems and applications

Enterprise applications and web solutions

SAP solutions and other ERP systems

Lotus technologies

Business Process Outsourcing

History

IBA was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between IBM and two Belarusian IT enterprises, namely the Computer Research Institute and the Minsk Computer Production Association. In 1999, IBM withdrew as a part owner of IBA, however, remains an important business partner for the company. IBA experienced a rapid growth and now belongs to largest IT service providers in Eastern Europe.

Training and education

IBA Group specialists are educated in the training centers of IBM, Sun Microsystems, Lotus, SAP, SAS, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Novell, and 1C. The IBA programmers are also trained at the IBA Training Center.

The IBA Training Center features:

- A testing center authorized by Thomson Prometric

- A testing center authorized by Pearson VUE

- A regional Cisco Network Academy

- Sun Microsystemsuthorized courses on Sun technologies and software products including Java, Solaris and OO226 "Objectriented Analysis and Design Using UML".

- IBMuthorized courses in System administration in Lotus Domino 7 and IBM WebSphere MQ V6.0. Programming Using Base Classes for Java.

University relations

Today, seven IBA-created joint laboratories function in the Belarusian State University, the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics and the Gomel State University. IBA is the general sponsor of the student team of the Belarusian State University that won gold medals at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in 2004 and bronze medals in 2008.

Awards

Belarusian Government awards for achievements in quality assurance in 1999, 2002, and 2005.

Javaworld Editors' Choice Award (1998) for alphaWorks Suite of Components developed by IBA and IBM.

The best provider of IBM solutions in Belarus in 2007, 2004 and 2000.

IT Europa's 2008 European IT Excellence Awards: Finalist.

Leaders Category in The 2008 Global Outsourcing 100 by International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).

Global Services 2007. Top 10 to Watch in Emerging European Markets: Winner.

See also

Outsourcing

Information technology

Information technology consulting

Offshore outsourcing

Offshoring

Software development process

Offshore software development

References

Global Services: "Process Frameworks: Help or Hindrance". http://www.globalservicesmedia.com/Content/general200809035011.asp Global Services:. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 

"Outsourcing Europe: Eastern Europe -- A Burgeoning Nearshore Alternative". http://www.outsourcing-europe.com/easterneurope.html. Retrieved 2008-09-05. 

"The 2008 Global Outsourcing 100". http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org/content/23/152/1197/. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 

"BetaNews:Eastern Europe: The Next Silicon Valley". http://www.betanews.com/article/Eastern_Europe_The_next_silicon_valley/1206735106. Retrieved 2008-03-28. 

"The Times. BPO Supplement". http://iba-it-group.com/docs/BPO_17.03.08.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-17. 

"IT Europa: IBA Expands Bulgarian Business". http://ibagroup.eu/docs/it_europa_bulgaria.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-20. 

"Global Services: Minsk: The Untaimed IT Valley". http://www.globalservicesmedia.com/Content/destinations-europe200709292945.asp. Retrieved 2007-09-21. 

"Electronic Industry:Minsk Computer Production Association". http://www.belarusembassy.org/economic/foreign_trade/electronic_industry.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 

"Full Member of RUSSOFT". http://www.outsourcing-russia.com/russoft/?members. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 

External links

Belarus Attempts to Become the Eastern European Bangalore

IBA Group: Migration to The Future

References and footnotes

^ "The Times. BPO Supplement". The Times (http://www.mediaplanet.com). http://iba-it-group.com/docs/BPO_17.03.08.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-17. 

^ "Global Services:insk: The Untaimed IT Valley". Global Services (http://www.globalservicesmedia.com). http://www.globalservicesmedia.com/Content/destinations-europe200709292945.asp. Retrieved 2007-09-21. 

^ "Electronic Industry:Minsk Computer Production Association". Belarus Embassy (http://www.belarusembassy.org). http://www.belarusembassy.org/economic/foreign_trade/electronic_industry.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 

^ "IBA:IBM Premier and Advanced Partner". IBM (http://www-03.ibm.com). http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/solutions/tssc/belarus/jviba.html. Retrieved 2003-06-27. 

^ "Eastern Europe: The Next Silicon Valley". http://www.betanews.com. http://www.betanews.com/article/Eastern_Europe_The_next_silicon_valley/1206735106. Retrieved 2008-03-28. 

^ "ICPC 2008 World Finals". ICPC (http://icpc.baylor.edu). http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/Finals/v2/default.asp?page=results. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 

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